The crew dragon and Falcon 9 are vertical on the launch pad. SpaceX is about a month away from the first orbital test flight of crew Dragon.
There is a nice boarding bridge from the tower to the capsule, which will be used when astronauts go on manned flights.
Preparing to return human spaceflight capabilities to the United States, Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 went vertical at historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida. pic.twitter.com/igggZdCU9k
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 5, 2019
About a month away from the first orbital test flight of crew Dragon https://t.co/U01Oxu3M7E
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 5, 2019
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Just what I was thinking.
Of course, the first crewed flight is scheduled for June, and, at last, our long national humiliation will end.
Shiny and chrome services soon to open to space station.
That’s a nice looking crew access arm. Definitely SpaceX wants to bring luxury to space launches and travel.
As per https://www.spacex.com/news/2018/08/04/nasa-astronauts-flying-aboard-crew-dragon the astronauts first going on a Dragon v2 are Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley
Yep, no crew.
I’m thinking this Crew Dragon test will be un-crewed?
Haven’t heard anything about identities of a crew, and NASA certainly will want it fully tested before trusting it for crew launch…